Hong Kong Airport - Are you able to leave when in transit
Hong Kong Airport - Are you able to leave when in transit.
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Hong Kong Airport - Are you able to leave when in transit
Hi all,
Just a quick question - I am flying to London this Thursday 9/12/04 -
I am on QF29 which passes through Hong Kong - where i will be in transit, we have a family member in Hong Kong - I was thinking of taking christmas presents in my hand luggage ..
Will I be able to go through immigration, meet my family member - then go back to immigration in the time that I am on the ground for
regs
Mike
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Yes, you can go through immigration and return while your baggage is in transit in HK. I haven't done this for a year or but it's unlikely to have changed because the airport hotel is outside immigration. A couple of times while in transit I've gone through immigration to meet a HK friend for a chat over a drink.
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I also did this last year. We arrived early morning on CX from FRA and departed in the even on QF for BNE. No issues with clearing immigration. One suggesting if you are planning to leave any carry-on luggage etc at the airport - they charge per item. So we purchased a cheap polly-canvas bag (aka Kiwi Samsonite) and dumped lots of smaller carry-on bags into it. The purchase cost of the bag from the chemist next to the left-luggage store was less than leaving one piece for the day.
I too can attest that this works fine - arrived CX ex SFO early am in May this year, spent the day in Central and Kowloon, had some beers with HKG FlyerTalkers, then left 11 pm for BNE. Bags were originally checked in LAS (LAS-DFW-SFO-HKG-BNE) and they all arrived safely in BNE...
Only here on AFF would anyone understand such a routing to get from LAS to BNE. 8)
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Originally Posted by willyroo
Only here on AFF would anyone understand such a routing to get from LAS to BNE. 8)
he he he, I seem to remember something about 22,000 miles and that routing.
Pitty my last one could not fit HKG into the limit and I had to return PHL-ORD-NRT-BNE. NRT is not a patch on HKG, especially the lounge difference. But the NRT lounge does have a cool automatic beer pooring machine that tilts the glass and poors for a perfect head. However, I'll take a beer from the fridge in the Wing/Pier over that experience any day.
If I arrive into HKG on QF30 from LHR at 08:05, and am scheduled to fly out of HKG to SYD on QF128 at 20:30 that night..... can I check my luggage straight through to Sydney from LHR?
I plan to head in to the Island to meet up with a mate and don't want the hassle/expense of leaving baggage at the $torage place in the Arrivals hall.
thanks
XS
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Shouldn't be an issue. I assume the two flights are on the same ticket? If not, you will need to ask in LHR that they check the bags through to SYD and show the two tickets/ bookings.
Worst that can happen is they check the bags only to HKG. Clear customs (fairly quick), pop back upstairs and try and check back in. Shouldn't be a big drama, and QF have several flights a day from HKG, including one that leaves at 9:35am. If refused there, just take your bags into town on the AirportExpress and check in at either Central or Kowloon stations. You can check in the night before, so a ~12 hour departure isn't going to matter.
The last time I entered HKG, I put for the address of residence "Transit Vist of approx 5 hrs". That was all I needed for the few hours I spent in town
The last time I entered HKG, I put for the address of residence "Transit Vist of approx 5 hrs". That was all I needed for the few hours I spent in town
I certainly hope you are right.
When I am there in April in transit for 3 hours I would like to go outside rather than wait in the lounge. Maybe a quick taxi trip to see some of the city or island if enough time.
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Nah, Transit cities such as HKG, SIN and BKK seem to take fairly liberal views to short stays. I bet they see lots of similar >5 hr stays in the country and have no issues with it.
Then again, I'm sure I will get questioned heavily at one of those airports soon.
For your 3 hours, the best I could recommend is catching the Airport Express to Central and popping out of the station. Take a quick walk down to the harbour (less than 5 min) and look across the water.
The trains run every 10 mins or so, and are about 25 mins journey. You should have enough time for a quick bite to eat as well, but may be cutting your time short.
I spent just over 2 hours in HKG in my transit. That included train into Central, a trip across the ferry (and back), a quick snack and jumping back onto the Airport Express. I know HKG relatively well, but even then you should be able to manage just about the same without an issue.
I don't think taxis are much faster than the Airport Express. Expect about 100HKD for the AE each way or about 300 HKD for a taxi
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